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Oh, Look! My Tooth Fell Out.

and saw it was red and I found a tooth in it. I was so
happy that I showed it to my mom, my dad, grand-
ma, and my brother. I even kept it with me the whole
day, even at night .The whole day I looked at myself
in the mirror and smiled and laughed. My mom got
annoyed seeing me.
One thing I was really excited about was the
money. I just couldn't stop thinking about the night
when I will be able to put my tooth under the pillow
and the tooth fairy will give me my money. So, when
the night finally came I put my tooth under my pillow
and tried to sleep smiling. But I was just so excited
that I could not even sleep the whole time. But at the
end I convinced myself saying, “If I don't close my
eyes then how will the tooth fairy come?” So I closed
my eyes smiling but eventually fell into a deep sleep.
I was around six years old when my first tooth In the morning I woke up remembering my
fell. I was about to go to the first grade. One day, I tooth and my money. I looked under my pillow and
was eating my food then suddenly my tooth started to found Rs100. But wait, I wished for a thousand rupees.
hurt. I ran to my mom and showed her my tooth. She I suddenly remembered that my mom said that if the
wiggled it and said my tooth was about to fall. I was tooth fairy does not have the same amount I wished
scared that it would hurt and I thought it was never for then she will give me what she has. So I was total-
going to grow again. I would be one tooth less for- ly okay with it. But just then I remembered another
ever. So, I tried to do everything to save my tooth. I thing that my mom said. She said that the tooth fairy
brushed my teeth till I was tired. It, of course, did not will take the tooth and in return she will give us the
work. Then I started to be very careful. money. I was so happy that day that I smiled the whole
One day my mom said that if my tooth comes day.
out then I can put it under my pillow and the next day But now that I have grown up, I asked my
there will be money under my pillow. And it would be mom if she was the one who put the money because
the amount I wished for. So, I got greedy and agreed the next time my tooth fell, I did not get any money.
to take my tooth out. We also tried several ways to She smiled and giggled and I knew that it was her. I
take my tooth out. We tried pulling it with a string. It also thought that she had thrown my tooth far away
did not work because I was too scared. We tried wig- because after that instead of the tooth fairy story she
gling it but it did not work. My mom even wiggled it told me how our tooth will grow fast and strong if we
so hard that I almost cried. Nothing worked. But I got threw it far away. Sometimes parents tell weird stories
super careful after my mom wiggled it because it was to children.
hurting and also I thought I would swallow it and if I
swallowed it, I would not get the money.
It was morning. It was a normal day. I was - Vishalakshi Gurgain
eating my chocos as usual. Suddenly I felt something
hard. I spat my food on the table with a horrible face